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KAPI-MANA NEWS, MAY 17, 2011
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Inlet environs yield quality photographs
FINAL RESULTS:
Nature: 1st Charles Jarvie (Whitby), 2nd Brent Higham (Titahi Bay), 3rd
Robert Lynch (Camborne); Youth prize Elly Love (Tawa); Junior Sarah
Spinks (Tawa).
Recreation: 1st Melissa Feint (Plimmerton), 2nd Gregory Young
(Tawa), 3rd Gregory Young; Youth no entries; Junior Mikayla Joyce
(Whitby).
Human Impact: 1st Clive Morris (Whitby), 2nd Derek Fitzgerald
(Whitby), 3rd Keith Harrison (Whitby); Youth Laura Murray (Whitby);
Junior Jessica Eagle (Whitby).
Scenic Impressions: 1st Brent Higham (Titahi Bay), 2nd Matt Duncan
(Titahi Bay), 3rd Robert Lynch (Camborne); Youth Laura Murray
(Whitby); Junior Jessica Eagle (Whitby).
A kingfisher, cockles, discarded
bottles and lingering clouds came
into winning focus for this year s
Guardians of Pauatahanui Inlet
photo competition.
More than 300 prints have now
been pored over and the winners
of each of the four categories
found. Charles Jarvie, of Whitby,
topped the Nature section with
his well-timed shot of a kingfisher
about to gobble a crab; Plimmer-
ton s Melissa Feint snapped the
top Recreation picture with a boy
at play; Clive Morris, of Whitby,
secured the Human Impact win-
ner by documenting a Pukeko
inspecting trash in the wetlands;
and Titahi Bay s Brent Higham s
photograph of clouds licking the
Pauatahanui foothills was judged
the best Scenic Impression.
Prizes, consisting of vouchers
and certificates, were presented to
the category and age group
winners at Pataka on Sunday by
mayor Nick Leggett.
In all, 333 prints were received
from 56 entrants, including five
youths (13-18 years) and eight
juniors (aged eight and under).
Local photographer Geoff
Marshall judged the entries on
technical quality, relevance to
topic, composition and originality.
He said there were a number of
high quality images this year, par-
ticularly in the Nature and Scenic
Impressions categories.
Winning pictures will be dis-
played in Porirua Library (May
15-25), Palmers Lifestyle Centre
(May 26 to June 7), Whitby Mall
(June 8-18), and Lighthouse
Pauatahanui (June 19-30).
Snap up some Pauatahanui scenes
Scenic impression: The golden sky and lingering low clouds are the stars of this stunner snapped by Brent Higham
of Titahi Bay.
Nature: The cycle of life, as captured by Charles Jarvie of Whitby.
Recreation: Seashells will always hold a fascination for children, as
Plimmerton's Melissa Feint found out.
Human impact: What's this doing here? A curious pukeko inspects a
stream spoiled with trash, photographed by Clive Morris of Whitby.
And vote
for your
favourite
The winners for this year s
Guardians of Pauatahanui Inlet
photo competition have been
found -- but which one do you like
the best?
Keen to expose the winning
shots to as many people as poss-
ible, Kapi-Mana News is running
a Readers Choice poll.
We want you, the reader, to tell
us which of the four winning
images you think is the best.
The photographer whose pic-
ture garners the most votes will
receive a $300 prize pack courtesy
of Light House Pauatahanui cin-
ema, consisting of free movie
tickets and treats from the bar.
The runner-up will receive a
dinner voucher valued at $150
from Duck Creek Cafe.
We recognise voting takes some
talent as well, so one lucky reader
will be in to win themselves a
$100 prize. So get voting!
Simply email editor@
kmananews.co.nz and tell us
which of the four winning photo-
graphs, pictured on this page,
deserves
extra plaudits:
Recreation, Nature, Human
Impact or Scenic Impressions?
Make sure you include your name
and contact details if you want to
go into the readers draw for $100.
Votes can also be cast on our
Facebook page: facebook.com/
kapimananews. Votes will be
received up until 5pm, May 30.